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Re: TR6 Steering Column Help

To: acekraut11@aol.com
Subject: Re: TR6 Steering Column Help
From: Jay Snable <jsnable@mac.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2005 19:44:01 -0700
Regarding the shear bolts - I "dremeled" a slot in each one with a  
cutoff wheel to make them into what are essentially slotted screws.  
Still not easy while upside down (wear safety glasses!) but it seemed  
like a good idea at the time...

Jay
'73 TR6

On Aug 9, 2005, at 6:56 PM, acekraut11@aol.com wrote:

> Stan,
>
> Thanks for the reply.  I suspect I have done what you advise not to  
> do, which is:
>
> "while you are manhandling this
> thing there is a tendency for the upper part to become loose and  
> rotate
> and I don't know of any way to fix that"
>
> At this point the next step will be to remove the whole column and  
> work on it outside the car.  Unfortunately, my car does have the  
> sheer bolts.  I guess Triumph was afraid the car might be stolen?   
> I have read the description in Bentley of how to remove these,  
> which was to use a small chisel to remove the sheer bolts which  
> sounds like sheer nonsense since you would have to be doing the  
> work through the tach opening.  Certainly not much room for that.   
> If that doesnt work they want you to drill the bolts out.  Not sure  
> how you are supposed to do that under the dash.  Any brilliant,  
> simple suggestions.
>
> I am hopeful that whatever I have done to this point can be  
> corrected without too much problem.  Thanks for your assistance.
>
> Aaron




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